Reply #188: Except that the militias mentioned in the 2nd amendment [View All]

[AlbertCat]

Had as one of their duties putting down insurrections.



And doesn't it say elsewhere in the Constitution that the President is the commander and chief of militias?


from Wiki:

The Commander in Chief of the United States armed forces is the U.S. President. This is pursuant to Article II, Section 2, Clause I of the United States Constitution which states that the President:
...shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States.




really, you've got to read past the 2nd Amendment to get the gist of the whole thing....m'kay?